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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can affect anyone. Patients, carers and Kidney Care UK fundraisers from all over the UK share their stories of diagnosis, dialysis, kidney-friendly cooking and more.

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    • Kidney failure
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    Tyler's story: kidney disease and body building

    Tyler discusses his experiences of kidney disease, how it impacted his body building training, and competing in the 2025 Mr Olympia competition after receiving a kidney transplant.

    • Fundraising
    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Steve and Christy's story: leaving a legacy

    Steve shares his and his late wife Christy's experiences with her kidney failure, and explains why he decided to set up a legacy fund at Kidney Care UK in Christy's honour.

    • Fundraising
    • Haemodialysis
    • Home therapies
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Rare renal
    • Transplant

    Kate's story: kidney disease and London Marathon 2025

    Kate shares her experiences of her husband Lee's kidney disease, from family life to failed transplants and why she chose to fundraise by running the London Marathon 2025.

    • Diet and nutrition
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Peritoneal dialysis
    • Rare renal

    Lara and Matthijs's story: living with ANCA vasculitis

    Lara and her dad, Matthijs, share their experiences of Lara's rare kidney condition, from diagnosis and dialysis to the difficulties of being a child living with kidney disease.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney Care UK staff
    • Kidney failure
    • Peritoneal dialysis
    • Transplant

    Karolina and Oskar's story: living with CKD

    Kidney Care UK Patient Support & Advocacy Officer Karolina shares her and her son Oskar's experiences of CKD, from emergency dialysis to living donation and British Transplant Games.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Carla and Lynsey's story: living kidney donation

    Carla and Lynsey share their experiences of living kidney donation, from Carla's diagnosis and struggles with haemodialysis to Lynsey's decision to donate a kidney to her sister.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Peritoneal dialysis
    • Transplant

    Keith's story: dialysis and transplantation

    Keith discusses being diagnosed with Medullary Sponge Kidney and shared his experiences with peritoneal dialysis and coming back to dialysis after kidney transplant failure.

    • Fundraising
    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney failure

    Teresa's story: living with CKD

    Teresa shares her story of living with kidney disease, from starting a family with husband Richard, to recovering from cancer, to the difficulties of holidaying on haemodialysis.

    • Diet and nutrition
    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Hayley and Bertram's story: living with CKD

    Hayley and Bertram talk about living with Hayley's kidney disease, from living kidney donation to cooking in the Kidney Kitchen and singing with the Black Living Donor Choir.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney failure
    • Peritoneal dialysis
    • Transplant

    Frankie's story: transplantation and CKD

    Frankie talks about her experiences with haemodialysis and kidney transplantation, from living donation to the paired/pooled scheme and finally receiving a kidney from the transplant list.

    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Becky's story: World Transplant Games 2025

    Becky shares her incredible story of transplantation – both the failures and the successes – along with her amazing efforts at the World Transplant Games 2025.

    • Transplant

    Kay's story - pregnancy and CKD

    Kay talks about her experiences of pregnancy and CKD, the risks and the joys, and the kidney transplant that she received from her mum.

    • Fundraising

    Fundraising for Kidney Care UK: healthcare professionals

    From skydiving to organising World Kidney Day stalls to marathon running, healthcare professionals Marc, Tadala, Eleanor, Emma and Anna share their experiences of fundraising for Kidney Care UK.

    • Home therapies
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Peritoneal dialysis

    Gemma's story: living with aHUS and PD

    Gemma shares her story of living with aHUS and choosing to start peritoneal dialysis. She discusses the pros and cons of the treatment, from flexibility to disrupted nights.

    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Paul and Andrea's story: kidney donation

    Paul and Andrea discuss their decision to donate their son James's organs after his death, including donating one of his kidneys to Paul's footballing friend.

    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    John's story: kidney donation

    John discusses living with kidney failure and his incredible experience of receiving a kidney donation from the son of a footballing friend.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney conditions
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Bharti's story: living with CKD

    Bharti chats about her diagnosis as a five-year-old, from bullying at school and haemodialysis to starting a family and her new transplanted kidney.

    • Haemodialysis
    • Kidney failure
    • Transplant

    Deirdre's story: living with CKD and cancer

    Deirdre talks about her experiences with kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation, and her cancer diagnosis and remission.

    • Kidney conditions
    • Rare renal
    • Transplant

    Alex and Will's story: PKD and transplantation

    From meeting at a pub to donating a kidney, Alex and Will share their story of PKD, transplantation and Will's family history of kidney disease.

    • Fundraising
    • Kidney conditions

    Fundraising for Kidney Care UK: marathon runners

    From gruelling training sessions to branded nails and sweaty hugs, Kaitlin, Adie, Jamie and Wes share their experiences of running the TCS London Marathon for Kidney Care UK!

    • Kidney Care UK staff
    • Kidney conditions

    Candace and Elliott's story: heart failure and dialysis

    Candace, Kidney Care UK's Senior Data & IT Officer, discusses her son Elliott's heart failure, emergency dialysis, heart transplantation and how those experiences help her in her role.

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